Hi Nate, haven't been here much lately, so missed this. Nice find, you should look for a lion mark with '1' or '2' for quality (likely 2nd...
It was fairly common for lighter weight spoons, usually London - its purpose was to discourage patching the marks into larger pieces in attempts...
London, 1816, Solomon Hougham - here's a full set of marks on a larger piece:...
Here's a 1941 ad showing a waterfall chest table (mine has a similar shelf), the Italic trademark was in use by then, but not used here:...
No marriage or conversion, an original silver chest table from Oneida Community, that Italic trademark would be circa 1940s-50s, though similar...
Welcome to the forums. Believe Isy Jay was just sharing the name of the weave pattern... ~Cheryl
Italy, 1968+ - see #32 on this page: http://www.silvercollection.it/SILVERSMITHSMI1.html ~Cheryl
Awww - it's Judy's Nisse party! So cute, and love your Dala horse ornaments - the horses are another of my 'casual' collections, pick them up...
Have to ask why you believe this English piece was from the Kentucky-based Beverly Hills Supper Club - a very quick look online doesn't seem to...
Though it's often easy to discern if the household was Jewish, can't really know that items found at an estate sale were used as a 'bagel and lox...
In British silverplate, Elkington, Walker & Hall, Bradbury & Sons, Mappin & Webb (though not fully researched) and perhaps a couple of others used...
Not really sure why there is confusion regarding the loop button hook - there are four similar shown on the Brandon book page with the chatelaine....
Eh, first pic shows a cake server knife, a sardine fork, and a cheese server; second pic shows a cocktail/hors d'oeuvres fork, pastry tongs, and a...
Just as an added, and possibly helpful note for some, below is a button hook I gave my Mom when her hands became terribly stiff (she didn't like...
From Brandon's little 'Buttonhooks and Shoehorns' (1984) - the tool at left on the very similar chatelaine described as a letter opener, but looks...
Advertisements from 1895: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
The chatelaine likely belonged to a nurse, the item to the left of the button hook would be a spatula, for applying ointments or as a tongue...
Pooja spoon:...
Can't say I recall ever seeing a piece specified as for serving lox... Perhaps you're thinking of individual asparagus tongs? Place pieces...
Asparagus tongs, other than the individual place tongs, were generally fairly large with tines or piercing to allow some drainage, though...
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